Do not load Zone Alarm Pro + Anti-Virus at Startup > Conflicting with 3rd party AV

I unchecked the box 'Do not load Zone Alarm Pro + Anti-virus at Startup'. MY computer's Security Center (Windows XP SP3) claims that the ZoneAlarm firewall is still active and monitoring. Is this correct? I am hoping that is correct. Please advise either way.

Re: Do not load Zone Alarm Pro + Anti-Virus at Startup

No, normally it is not and ZA should not load at all. XP security center is quite buggy (both ways), so not to trust. By Unchecking that option ZA can be easily tampered and rendered useless without you even noticing it. I.e. an action to avoid.

Re: Do not load Zone Alarm Pro + Anti-Virus at Startup

Okay. So, how do I load ZoneAlarm's firewall without loading the Anti-virus portion of the program? Or can I? Do I start the program and go to the main page and dis-able the Anti-virus, leaving the firewall enabled?

Last edited by fax; August 21st, 2013 at 12:01 PM.
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